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American Momsn,s Feet.

We have had SO much to do with hands this
winter, they have been SO mapped and de-
scribed. that it is rather pleasant to hav, the
feet mentioned, even if in SO uncomrli,nent-
ary a manner as that remark of Mr.. George
Riddle, which has gone round the world, that
the "Boston foot is proverbiallY large" This
is a queer statement for an artist to make
who has gotten up many Greek plays, and
who has done his costuming so well as has
Mr. Riddle
The Boston foot is hereditarily small, as
are all American feet On a glass case in
Paris, where the best slippers and boots are
made for the feminine foot, stands a very
beautiful plaster model Of the foot of Bos-
ton woman, SO small, SO delicate, with an
instep so high that the water runs under it.
The ankle is especially admired by artists, as
sort of race horse delicacy of articulation is
combined with race horse strength of tendon.
1t is the foot and ankle of thoroughbred
creature, and fulfills all the conditions of the
sculptor's needs.-Mrs. John Sherwood in
New York World
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-06-23
New work. societv,s Funny Man.


The prime pet of the wealthiest bellies of
New York is the most fantastically ugly man
conceivable. There is no offense to him in
saying so, for that is his fortune His name
is Marshall P. Wilder, and he is frightfully
misshapen hunchback. His face is wonder
fully mobile and he can put it through
wide range of awfully exaggerated expires
sions His career is curious illustration Of
shrewdness and audacity. He made up his
mind five years ago to become professional
jester His plan was to give private enter
tainments in the parlors of the rich, after the
manner of numerous London performers, but
he couldn't get his scheme fairly started.
His services were accepted for public charity
shows, but he was likely to starve out at that
kind of business.
He said to himself if the countenance of
the Prince of Wales had done so much for
the beautiful Langtry, it ought to be potent
for the ugly Wilder. But how to get it? The
problem seemed difficult, but he solved it.
He wrote a letter introducing himself to
Wales. He put it in an envelope about
foot long and covered with a splendor of
seals and monograms This he took to Lon
don The letter of such wondrous aspect let
him, with only three efforts, right into the
royal presence at club.
"What do you want of me?" asked the
prince, puzzled by the strange missive.
HJust to tell you one little story" Wilder
replied.
'Very well"
The grotesque dwarf gave an anecdote, il
lustrating it with such grimaces as royalty
had never seen before. He laughed and
called for more. A knot of club men gatn-
cred and for an hour roared at the new story
teller. From that came Wales favor and
season of profit Wilder returned with many
letters from intensely swell Londoners; ac-
counts of his appearance before swell drawing
room audiences had preceded him. and so in
evitably our best society took him coddlingly
into its arms.-Clara Bellies Letter.
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History of a Famous Maidstone.

have in my possession the famous Diepen-
brock maidstone, which was brought from
Brazil by Capt Ivory and by him presented
to his old FREUD George Diepenbrock, from
whom the stone takes its name. The stone
has a very interesting history, having been
used among a number of the tribes on the
banks of the Amazon river for the cure of the
poisonous bites inflicted by reptiles and insects
so numerous in that country. 1t has been
quite freely and successfully used by Mr.
Diepenbrock on persons in St Louis and
neighborhood who have been bitten by rabid
dogs, rabbits and other animals. Two months
ago Mr.. Diepenbrock was paralyzed in one
half of his body, his voice gone, his face dis
torted, and all use of the limbs on the left side
gone. Becoming my patient, he told me in
the event of my treating him successfully
he would present to me his famous maidstone,
and my efforts being crowned with success,
the valuable stone was duly placed in my
keeping
In color it is ashen gray, and is very porous
almose like sponge. When used, it is first
soaked in warm milk and placed upon the
wound, to which it adheres closely The
virus is soaked up by the pores; it is then re-
moved, the wound cleaned and the stone,
after being soaked again in warm milk, is
replaced upon the wound, and this operation
is repeated until the stone will stick no
longer. The poison has then all been alb
sorbed. The stone is then carefully and thor
oughly cleaned, with solution of soda, put
into fresh milk and finally dried in the sun.
The stone may be seen any time in my office,
and will be at the disposal of any unfortunate
who may be bitten by vicious or rabid dogs,
or any poisonous reptile or insect. No person
who has used this stone has ever suffered
from hydrophobia. The stone is held at
the nominal value of 1,5OO, although no
charge is ever made where it is applied-C.
Tuckett in Globe Democrat
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Politics in England.

Another American lady of quite different
stamp has just arrived in Paris. 1 refer to
Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who has been
passing the winter In England and is nat
urally full of the burning Irish problem. 1
found Mrs Stanton seated in big easy chair
in her sons home, near the Arc de Triomphe,
her nair shade whittier than when l saw her
last, but her intellect as bright as ever.
"Families in England are divided over this
coercion question" Mrs. Stanton began, "just
as they used to be in ante bellum days in
America over the slavery trouble Take the
Brights, for instance, with several of whom 1
am personally acquainted. John, as you
know, is anti-Gladstone, while Jacob, who is
also an II. P, is pro-Gladstone. Mrs. Lucas,
one of the sisters and a well known temper
ance advocate, is stanch friend of home
rule, while her daughter, Mrs. Thomasson,
wife of the ex-M. p, is opposed to the dis
memberment of the empire Walter Nc
Laren, a nephew of John and Jacob, favors
the Dublin parliament, while his brother
Charles McLaren, who was defeated at the
last general elections, takes the opposite
stand. Even John Bright's own son and
daughter have separated from their father in
this crisis And what is true of the Brights
is true of hundreds and thousands of other
families in Great Britain. You perceive,
then, that England is a Eouse divided against
itself, and consequently must fall, according
to the Bible. cleveland L. Moffett in Kan
sas City Journal.
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FROM PILLS TO POVERTY.
Physicians in Reduced Circumstances
Wanted-A Curious Advertisements.

Physicians in Reduced ClrcumstaAces
wanted-A Curious Advertisement.
The following advertisement, which ap-
peared in one of the city papers, drew to
gether curious assortment OF very reputable
but seedy looking men No one, to Judge by
their appearance, would suppose that each
one was the posseSsor Of what is known as a
college education, and in addition to that was
a graduate of a medical college. The adveT-
tisement was In substance as follows: "a
physician wanted; one in reduced circuHl-
stances. Apply at No. $50 H street"
The above number is that of a small two
story and basement brick house, and is occu-
pied as residence and Office by doctor.
The reporter was ushered into the presence OF
the author of the advertisement. The doctor
was clad in long, solid-looking dressing
gown, raked artistically over one ear.
Motioning the reporter TO seat himself on
either the stove or the floor, as no chairs were
visible, the doctor calmly perused a news
paper. For over two hours the bell was con-
stantly kept jingling by seedy looking men in
possession of medical diplomas. No one
seemed to suit the doctor until late in the
afternoon, when one remained closeted with
him and had evidently answered the doctors
three questions satisfactorily.
One of the rejected ones seeing the reporter
and evidently taking him for disciple of the
saw and dissecting knife, approached him
with dissatisfied smile.
Il wonder what he wanted of poor doc
tori" said the man. "HeIl get plenty to an
swer the advertisement. Inever saw somany
broken down physicians in my life"
When asked how that happened and why
so many doctors were out of positions, he
said:
well, take my case as an example. L
graduated from a German university and
then from medical college with high honors,
but no money. Not making as much OF
success of it as 1 had expected, I came here
with the hope that in new country could
do better 1t was even worse here than at
home. The country is full Of doctors, and
they keep filling up the place with them as
fast as they can turn them out OF the medical
colleges. Those who have little money, but
not enough to support them in the style they
have to live in while their practice Is building
up, start an apothecary store. Many OF them
make successes of it, while Others fail l,
having no money, went as an apotheehry's
assistant at SO week and had to prepare all
the prescriptions.
"The idea of paying such wages to man
who has to mix the deadliest of drugs and
holds the lives of thousands in his hand!" he
exclaimed.
'What becomes of all the physiciansp
asked the reporter.
"Well," replied the man, @they go as did,
as apothecaries' assistants and into anything
else they can-some as clerks, and those who
can into newspaper work What is the use
of hiring green hand when licensed ply
sician will work for the same wages ard
knows better how to mix the drugs. s."-New
York Journal
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Was He Marshal New

Robert s. Young, NJ D., of Concord, N.
c., assisted by several other physicians, dis
inferred the other day the bones of Peter c.
Ney, Frenchman who spent the latter part
of his life in this section of the country. The
disinterment was made at the request of the
Historical society of Wisconsin. Its object
was to prove or disprove the mans identity
with Napoleon's famous marshal of the same
name. There was an undisputed resemblance
on the part of the Frenchman to the marshal.
Then he bore certain scars upon his head.
These facts led to the belief on the part of
many that he was not the mere resemblance
of the marshal but the soldier himself.
A fact leading to the exhumation was that
Marshal Ney's skull had been trephined for a
wound received in battle. If the skull of the
man buried here were found to present evil
dence of the trephine it would be proof that
the belief just stated was well founded. I'm
fortunately the work of decay in the grave
had been so thorough that the bones were
badly decomposed. The left side of the skull.
on which it was hoped marks of the trephine
would be found, was entirely gone This
leaves the matter still in doubt. No metal
plate was found. The finding of such a plate
would be conclusive.-New York Herald.
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Perrsrss Human Natn-a-

DR.. w. s. Caldwell deals the women physi-
clans abroad hard blow in the following.
which he writes from Paris to The Chicago
aedical Journal: Most American physicians
whom one meets here are young men just
from the colleges, and they are too often
only interested in such cases as a man would
see only occasionally in lifetime. They are
eager to see Billroth resect the pylorus for
cancer, and are constantly presenting their
cards to Pean to get chance to see OPERA
tions that they never ought to attempt to
perform. But l am even more disgusted
with some Of the lady physicians who come
here to Paris. They will be pushed and
jostled amid the great throng that follow the
surgical service of Gillian at the Hotel Dieu;
sit on a back seat with an opera glass in
hand to see Pean amputate a mans leg at the
hip joint; but go to the children's hospital,
where Simon holds his clinic, and one finds
not single one of them there"
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HIS SECOND WIFE.

In silence she raises
Her low-drooping head
To list while he praises
The wife who is dead;
And ever be echoes the old refrain,
"Oh, that was life
With such wife,
Poor Susan An anda Matilda Jane~
She never was idle,
She never would tire;
Her temper could bride,
Her servants inspire;
And ever her virtues he sang againi
No one could be
Like her to me,
Poor Susan Amanda Matilda Janew
She never spent money,
Was ever content;
To have new bonnet
Would never consent;
Yet summer or winter, or shine or rain,
Would never stay
From church away,
His Susan Amanda Matilda Janel
Was never too early,
Was never too late;
Her dinner was ready,
Or ready to wait,
But ab he never should see again
With mortal eyes
Such peerless pies
Poor Susan Amanda Matilda janet
Could sew on his buttons,
Darn, back-stitch and hem,
Each button picture,
Each darn was gem,
A vision of beauty.a pearl without stain
When she was there
His woes to share.
Poor Susan Amanda Matilda Jane!
In silence she listens,
Till sudden there lies
An embler that glistens
Deep down in her eyes,
ITO praise her yet farther to me is vain;
No one" quoth she,
Regrets like me
Poor Susan Amanda Matilda Jane!'
W. Thurston in Harper's
Magazine.
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How TO Shorten Life.

The receipt is simple. You have only
to take violent cold and neglect it.
Abernethy, the great English surgeon,
asked lady who told him she only had
a cough; What would you have? The
plague Beware of only coughs The
worst cases can, however, be cured by
Halls Balsam for the lungs. In whoop-
Jog cough and Group it Immediately
allays irritation, and is sure to prevent
a fatal termination of the disease. Sold
by druggists.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-06-23

THERE is no objection thus far offered
by the Copperhead Cleveland and his
Massachusetts Mugwump. who send
back the captured rebel flags to the "re-
spective States" to the old soldiers who
captured the flags. retaining the gold
medals ordered them by Congress for
doing so. But this is the first Demo-
cratic Administration we have had, and
they have not as yet the Senate or the
Supreme Court.
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kills them, though it must strike them
dry to be effsctive;for We iind that when
the powder lies damp on the floor, they
will run over it and even burrow In it
with impunity. Nothing 1 have ever
tried will poison ants. Either their
instinct causes them to avoid it. or else
they are not affected by it.-Peter Hem
derson, in American Agriculturist for
July
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-06-23

Teachers. students. and clerks, as time
is money, and now you have a few
months leisure, we call attention to the
4th quarter of Buchanan Business Insti-
tute. Hopedale. Ohio, beginning the 1st
of June. This is the only school in East
ern Ohio which runs all summer.
Those contemplating pursuing Com
mercial studies, English branches, Elocu-
tionary science, Higher mathematics,
and Natural sciences, will save time,
and hence money, by taking course at
the Institute this summer. 6 2 st.
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BuckIen's kYnIca Saliva

The best Salve in the world for cuts. bruises,
sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, letter,
chapped hands, chilblains, corns and all skin
eruptions, and positively cures piles OF no pay
required; il is guaranteed to give perfect sat-
isfaction or money refunded; price csc. per
box. For sale by PATTERSON & Sous, st.
Olairsville, Ohio. Q i9-1.
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How to Keen Younq

Dion Boucicault has been telling that his
slender waist and youthful air are due to
always rising from the table hungry. Mr..
George w. Childs has a complexion like
fresh apple, and he seldom eats anything at
the great dinners he gives and touches neither
tea nor Coffee Chicago Tribune.
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Rival Bellies.

Mr.. Waldo (of Boston)-What a curioss
young person Miss Shawsgarden, of st. Louis.
IS, Miss Breezy. So very bizarre, one might
say
Miss Breezy (of Chicago)-Yes, she giyes
tie pain.-New York Sun.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-06-23

Swarms of insects resembling the
Spanish fly, have visited Trenton, Mo,
and vicinity. devouring vegetation and
causing great suffering by their poison
Gus bite.
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All trains daily except Sunday.
Trains leave Cheleland forWheeling at II 10
p m II 10 pm, arriving at IL p m and So am.
E. A. FORD,
Gen. Pass and Ticket Ag't, Pittsburgh Pa.
JAMES MCCREA,
General Manager, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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CLEVELAND, LORAIN & WHEELING
~ RAILRoAD-TME SCHEDULE.

In effect Nov IA, 's6.-New Standard. sOth
meridian time, which is % minutes slower
than Columbus time,
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GOING WEST.

All trains daily except Sunday
Pullman's Palace Buffet or Hotel Sleep.
Ing Cars through without change from Steu-
benvtlle east to PhiladelphiR and New York:
west to Columbus, Cincinnati, Louisville, Ohi%
cogo, Indianapolis and ST. Louis.
For through tickets baggage checks, Sleep
lag car accommodstions ana any further in>
formation, apply to JOHN g. TOHLINsON
Ticket Agent at Panhandle station, fOot Of
Eleventh street, or q. city ticket ONCE, under
HcLure House, Wheeling.
JAMES MCOREA,
Manager, Pittsburgh.
E. A. FORD,
GenI Pas. and Tkt Ag't, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Eating Artificial, Bodies.

DR.. Frank Boas, i'll a report on the Indian
tribes of British Columbia, says that the prin-
clpal figure in the mythology of several of
them is raven, who created all things, not
for the benefit of mankind, but to 'revenge
himself" Cannibalism is practiced by some
tribes in connection with the winter dances:
and there is a Kwakiutl tradition that one of
their ancestors descended from heaven, wear
ing n ring of red cedar bark, and taught the
people the cannibal ceremonies The cere-
monies have been adopted only in part bv
the Qomaks, who content themselves with
eating artificial bodies, which they prepare
"by sewing dried halibut to human skeleton. ~
-Boston Herald
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PURE SPICEs-We have full line of
ground spices, which we know to be
PURE and of the BEST QUALITY. We
keep no second quality spices.
6 16 2t GEO. JEPsON.
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Time table for east and west corrected to
Jan. 81, 1887. Trains leave Pan>HandIe sta
T1on, Wheeling, foot OF Eleventh street. near
public Ianding-Central Standard time
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Most baseball admirers affect to believe
that the St Louis Browns will fail to cap
cure the association. They base their predic-
fion upon the poor showing made by the club
m its series of games with the Cbicagos for
the worlds championship.
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A Meteoric stone fell near st. Joseph,
Ind. imbedding itself in the earth to
depth of 15feet
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DITTsBURGH, CINCINNATI s. ST.
l. LOUIS RAMRoAD-P Pan Handle Route.
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DENNSYLVANIA COMPANY,
L (oPRRATING)
Cleveland q Pittsburgh 2. q
East and North to Pittsburob and ClevelsDd.

Oondenced timetable of passenger trains
corrected to Jan. 81, 'S7, Central Standard Time.
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Prince Bismarck received on his birthday
recently barrel of beer from nearly every
brewer in Germany.
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WATCH THE INSECTS.

Injurious insects demand attention
throughout the summer months. Look
for tue borers near the base of young
fruit trees; if saw-dust is seen to drop
from hole in the bark, or if a portion
of the bark is seen to be depressed, cut
out the borer.
If the leaves of currans and gooseber-
lies are eaten by "the worm apply white
hellebore at once. Stir a tablespoonful
of the powder in a pailful of water, and
apply with syringe. Repeat this after
a few days. If later broods appear, con-
tinue the remedy, which is very cer>
tain one.
The greenish sling slug, which appears
upon the leaves of cherry, pear and 9TH
er trees may be destroyed by applying
air-slacked lime or wood ashes. This
may be busted upon the leaves by means
of bag of course fabric, attached to a
pole.
The insects attacking the grape vine
this month, are mainly large catapiliars,
which are most readily picked by hand;
the so-called "thrips" which is properly
the grapevine leaf hopper" and not
not related to the true thTips. 1t is a
little wbitish insect which often rises
in clouds when the vines are disturbed.
The best treatment is to go among the
vines with torches, gently beating them
to disturb The insects, which will &C once
fly toward the light.
The first appearance Of grayish spots
- hn ~ id
mildew, and flower of sulphur should
be applied with bellows made for the
purpose.
Whenever pear trees are attacked by
blight, which comes without warning,
cut away every blighted portion and
burn it.-Amer. Agriculturist for July.
sLUGs AND ANTS.
Slugs are troublesome both In the open
ground and in the greenhouse. Salt is
certain death to them, even in smallest
quantities, and when in the open garden
a slight sprinkling of salt over the
ground is effectual; but the sprinkling
it must be remembered, must be very
slight, as salt, if put on (even as thick
as sand is usually sown on flOOr) will
kill almost any kind of vegetation. In
our green houses, the slugs usually feed
st night, getting under the benches dur.
ing the day. We have found most
effectual remedy in strewing thin line
Of salt on edge of bench; this makes a
complete dead line" for the slugs and
'nails, for they cannot cross it and live. |
Another plan is to slice up potatoes, ,car>
rots, cabbage, or lettuce leaves, to feed
,n for which they will leave all other
plants. Examine these traps daily, and
destroy the captives.
OF all insect pests on lawns, or sandy |
'oils. ants are the most troublesome, and
when these are on such large areas, any
remedy as yet known is almost futile to
destroy them. When on small areas,
outside or in the greenhouses, we find
lbOut the best plans are, to lay fresh
)ones or paper covered with m0lasses
lround their haunts; these they will
,ome to in large numbers; they should
% removed daily and burned or other
wise destroyed. Another method that
We have found more destructive to them
han any other. is to puff Pyrethrum or
Persian Insect Powder from strong
bellows among them. The smallest par
icle Of this powder at once chokes and !
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Injurious insects demand attention
throughout the summer months. Look
TOR tue borers near the base of young
fruit trees; if saw-dust is seen to drop
from hole in the bark, or if a portion
of the bark is seen to be depressed, cut
ont the bOrer
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baltimore s OHIO RAILROAD.
- FEBRUARY 81, 1887.

Trains leave Wheeling for ST. UlaIrsvilIe at
90 a m. 10 p N and 45 p m, daily, except
Sunday. Accom-. leaves GAINESVILLE at 6 m
daily excet Sunday, and arrives at Columbus
at Us N, Cincinnati at 10 20 I'm.